Midyat in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Midyat in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Midyat plotted against Mardin and Turkey. The SNDi of new construction in Midyat peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Mardin which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Turkey which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Midyat's incremental SNDi fell from 1.76 to 1.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Midyat ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Mardin and 74th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.72
- Rank in Turkey
- 26th of 174
- Rank in Mardin
- 1st of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.92
- Rank in Turkey
- 74th of 174
- Rank in Mardin
- 1st of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Midyat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Novovolynsk fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Taroudant fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Midyat became progressively more connected, while Novovolynsk became progressively more disconnected and Taroudant fluctuated in connectivity. Midyat and Novovolynsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.